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Books like The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts is about identity, consciousness, interconnection. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. The Wisdom of Insecurity
    The Wisdom of Insecurity

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    The Wisdom of Insecurity

    Alan Watts · Philosophy

    The Wisdom of Insecurity, published in 1951, is Alan Watts's argument that the anxiety pervading modern life is a direct consequence of the attempt to find permanent security in an impermanent world.

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  2. Tao Te Ching
    Tao Te Ching

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    Tao Te Ching

    Laozi · Philosophy

    The Tao Te Ching is one of the most translated texts in world literature and the foundational scripture of Taoism.

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  3. The Power of Now
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    The Power of Now

    Eckhart Tolle · Religion & Spirituality

    The Power of Now is Eckhart Tolle's argument that the root of human suffering is identification with the stream of thought — the restless inner commentary that most people mistake for who they are.

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  4. Meditations
    Meditations

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    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius · Philosophy

    Meditations is not a book Marcus Aurelius wrote for anyone to read.

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  5. 1984
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    1984

    George Orwell · Philosophy

    Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's 1949 novel about a future England called Airstrip One, governed by the totalitarian Party under the figurehead Big Brother.

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  6. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

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    21 Lessons for the 21st Century

    Yuval Noah Harari · Philosophy

    Where Sapiens traced humanity's past and Homo Deus speculated about its future, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century plants itself in the present.

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